The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-07
PROSPERITY.

Mrs. h. D. Lake and children are Wis
iting relatives in Union.
Miss Lillian Glenn, OF Helena, is the
guest OF Mrs. DR.. Hawkins.
Messrs. Jas. Schumpert and J. =.
Bauknight both have fever.
Mrs. Pink Bradburn is seriously i'll,
but there are hopes Of her recovery.
Miss Emma Havird and Mrs. E. X.
Mckellar, OF Newberry, are visiting in
our town this week.
Supervisor Godsey's family have
moved into the portion of the house re-
Gently vacated by J. H. Bauknight.
Albert DcWalt and Burr Long, col
ored, were committed to Jail by Judge
Boozer. in default Of bail, for assault
and battery of high and aggravated
nature upon the person OF Demps Will
liams, colored. DeWalt used knife
and Long a rock. Women the cause.
A. G.. Wise has returned from Glenn
Springs but little improved. A. G.. is so
very tleshy and healthy looking that as
an invalid he gets little sympathy as
sick man away from homo. Try our
mineral water here, A. G., you will find
that you will be benefited by it.
\ certain newspaper correspondent
says that recently every time he opens
his mouth he gets his foot init. We pity
that mouth, as we happen to know the
size OF the foot-a number9. He meant
that his articles always raised some
body's ire. Write calmly and serenely,
brother, like zoe do.
The colored Odd Fellows gave a pub
lie demonstration in town on Sunday.
In full regalia they marched not through
the streets, but on the side walks fore
ing ladies and children to the streets.
Now we have no objection to these peo-
pie demonstrating, but we do object to
their demonstrating on Sunday and on
the side walks.
Any person or persons can spend al
hour both pleasantly and proftably by
visiting the Y. NJ. c. A. room, where
they will find great many papers and
periodicals ofan interesting and instruct
i've character. We would be pleased to
sec more Of the ladies visit this room,
and occasionally leave picture hanging
on the wall. You have done nobly for
US, ladies, but you know we never tire
OF having you do for us. Let your good
work be continued.
The 4th OF July-the ''glorious fourth"
has come and gone, and we celebrated it
peaceably and quietly. Nearly every
body that could 90, went to the picnic
at Mt. Tabor, and heard the grand old
Declaration of Independence read, and
had q jolly good time generally. The
rest of us remained at home and "mind-
ed the base" There was no booming of
cannon, no rolling of drums, no banners
flying, except "Old Probs" run up two
(white and orange) just for the special
occasion, no great bloody speeches, and
even the, inYincible invincibles did not
put in an appearance. The fact of the
business is, the most of us old fellows
had the last vestige OF the ''glorious
fourth'' knocked clean out of US from '61
to '65, and we are reconstructed and
calm and serene.
Everybody is still iubilant over the
crop prospects. We have good reports
from every section Of our country. The
only inquiry by the merchant, doctor,
and even lawyer and dentist is, "How is
your CROP" The response invariably is,
"good." We asked an Edgefeld man
the same question the other day; he re-
piled by saying, "dont ask a working
man how his is, you knoa0 tits good.''
We left him to his own reflections. For
our part we have never seen better crops
than we have seen up to this time.
Mother earth promises to yield rich
and abundant harvest, and if the sea-
sons continue little while yet, we
have the promise of the ''biggest'' crop
ever raised in this part Of the country.
| How thankful we should be to the Great
Giver OF all good and perfect gifts, for
his manifold blessings, and we should
invoke continuance of the same aud
| plead against any unforeseen disaster
Everything is under His Divine control
Render thanks to the Most High.
| On Monday morning last our town
council found that the placid waters Of
the sea OF life had been troubled" OH
the Sabbath. A requisition was made
for the official met" which was soor
brought into service, and at the frs
"haul'' two were caught: another hau
was made which was still more success
full, three being ''bagged" this time
Upon examination it was found that al
five were "black-fish." The first two
upon examination before his honor thu
"king-tisher," were found guilty of tloun
dering about the straits blasphemously
and were therefore required to depoSi
each five "scales' in the archives OF th
| governmental treasury. The other thre
were found guilty OF breaking the peace
| full quiet Of the Sabbath by boisterousl
| floundcring about, and they were re
quired to leave each three ''scales," an,
were released in their natural elemen
and told to "sin no more" Upon tn
whole it was a good "haul" for tn
councl-ninetcen fine, large, rount
bright ''scales," with the goddess c
liberty stamped on one side and one do
| l01 ON thp other